2025 Innovator of the Year: Sneha Goenka for developing an ultra-fast sequencing technology
Goenka saw a better way: Build a real-time system that could “stream” the sequencing data, analyzing it as…
Jessa Ziekenhuis to adopt SOPHiA GENETICS platform for cancer care
Belgium’s healthcare institution Jessa Ziekenhuis is set to implement SOPHiA GENETICS’ platform for cancer care in the country.…
New method tracks gene expression changes to reveal cell fate decisions
The new method, spVelo, incorporates two types of neural networks: a Variational Autoencoder that models gene expression and…
Experts vary in responses to learning Alzheimer’s genetic risk
This week NPR published an article describing the reactions of three scientists who learned and subsequently shared their…
Genome of Rare Bamboo Unlocks Secrets of in Vitro Flowering
Newswise — Woody bamboos are valued worldwide as fast-growing, renewable resources with ecological and economic importance. However, they…
Life-Saving Breast Cancer Drug Has a Rare but Serious Side Effect
Simplified representation of a uterine cancer cell. Credit: Svenja Kübler The findings challenge long-standing assumptions about therapy-related cancers.…
30-year-old tomato line shows genetic resistance to devastating virus
Researchers found that a tomato line developed 30 years ago is showing good resistance to the emerging tomato…
Archaic gene variant may have aided adaptation to Americas – UW Medicine
A group of anthropologists and geneticists have been exploring the population distribution and the structure of the Denisovan…
Tiny DNA caps could hold clues to heart disease, cancer among Filipinos
THE KEY to how long we live may lie at the very tips of our chromosomes, according to…
Darwin’s Ark Project Decodes Pet Genomics
Several people swabbed or combed their pets to obtain DNA, helping scientists understand genes underlying diseases and behavior…
Groundbreaking Study Suggests Mutations Driving Evolution Are Informed By The Genome, Not Random – Eurasia Review
A groundbreaking study published in PNAS by scientists from Israel and Ghana shows that an evolutionarily significant mutation in…
World-class genomic testing for Australian Wagyu producers
Australian Wagyu Association has confirmed international genomics leader Weatherbys Scientific as a new genotyping provider for its 1400-plus…